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AGRICULTURE ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE 



Cattle. The wild ancestors of our common cow are 

 still found in Russia, where they are protected by the 



government. 

 They do not dif- 

 fer much from 

 some tame 

 breeds. 



Of horned cat- 

 tle there are very 

 numerous breeds. 

 There are two 

 FzG.i93.-Mnk type. chief types; one 



for milk (figure 193), the other for beef (figure 194). 



The milk breeds, of which the Jersey and Guernsey are the 



extreme types, 



are slenderly 



built, especially 



in the fore part 



of the body, but 



have a very large 



milk bag. Their 



milk gives plenty 



of rich cream. 



The cows are 



,1 FIG. 194. Beef type. 



very gentle. 



The beef breeds, of which the Shorthorn (Durham) 

 is a type, have a thickset, stocky body, with plenty 

 of flesh both behind and before. Some of these are 



